Washing machine



Nev. 23 1926. 1,608,372

I F. DE BORGGRAVE WASHING MACHINE ,Filed Oct. 5, 1921 5 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. -FTDe B0137 yrm e mya A TTORNEY.

Nov.'23, 1926. 1,608,372

F. DE BORGGRAVE WASHING MACHINE Filed Oct. 5. 1921 3 Shets-Sheet A TTORNE Y.

Patented Nov. 23, l2 6.'

UNITED STATES FELIX DE BGRGGRAVE,

or CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

WASHING MACHINE.

Application filed October 3,

This invention relates to a combination washing, wringing and ironing machine and has for its primary object the combination of mechanism for allowing the washing,. wringing and ironing ofthe clothes in a very eiiicient, economical manner. j

An object of the invention {is the novel manner of constructing and supporting the clothes receiver so that the same will be subject to the maximum cleaning action of the water and besides the clothes will-further be subject to a squeezing action to-L assuring the forcing of the dirt from the clothes. e

Another object of the invention is to provide ironing means that wills very readilyl cooperate wlt-h the other mechanism so as to allow the clothes 'to' be very quickly ironed after the washing and wringing operation.

Besides'the above niy'i-nvention is distinguished in th'e novel mannerot constructing and associating the. various parts so as to greatly increase the eficiency of the apparatus as a whole.

With these and other objects in view the inventiongwill be better'understood from the .10 Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of a per- 65 improved ap aratus. This frame is clamped by the en tion of the clothes receiver. v

Figs. 6 and 7 are sectional views on the lines 6-43 and 7-7 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a plan of the clip.

Fig. 9 is a plan view out the a ron. -l ig. i is a sectional view through the apron.

Fig. 11 is a detail sectional view of a por tion of the teed screw. l

Again referring to the drawing illustrating one of the many constructions'of my'inyent'ion the numeral 1 designates any suit able construction of tub. To this tub 1 is detachably connected the frame 2 of my in place by t e thumb screws 3 and supports 1921. Serial no; 505,091.

a series of feed rollers 4, 5 and 6 the latter performing the driving operation. This roller- 6 has a gear connection 7 with the motor ,8 supported. by the frame. The clothes receiver 9 consists of a series of individual containers 10 formed from netting of a very durable material, and each container consists of a bottom 11, sides 12 and 12. and open top 13 which is arranged directly under the bottomot the adjacent container. v

. F or the purpose of connecting the containers together it provide, on each container and adjacent the upper edge of side 12 v thereof, a flap 14 that is provided with openings 15 receiving the loops 16 of the adjacent container, and a rod 17 passes through the loops allowing quick connection. As clearly illustrated in Fig. 7, the side walls 12* of the containers are formed from a c0ntinuous strip to whichth'e bottoms 11 are secured by sewing or in any other suitable or preferred manner. The containers are thus secured together permanentl at one side and access to the containers or placing articles therein or removing articles from the O containers is afiorded, by the flaps 14., loops 16, and rods 17 which also provide means for securing the containers together at the other side thereof. Belts 18 are secured to thecontainers and have arranged therein. at spaced intervals, headed pins 19 which are adapted to have driving engagement with the recesses 20 of the drive roller. Each of the belts 18- is formed of a strip of canvas which is folded about an extension 18 of wall 11 of the container. as illustrated in Fig. 6, the belt and ex tension 18 being secured together by sewing. Each of the pins 19 is provided at 'the end thereof remote from head 19' with a reduced neck 19 which receives a spring clip 2lsuch as that illustrated in F ig. 8. This clip is confined between the body oi. the pin and flange 19 'at the outer end of the neck-19 and efiectually prevents displacement of the pin. These) pins may besecured to the belt in any suitable manner but for the purpose of illustration l have shown the clips 21 for holding. the pins in place. A hinged coection 22 allows the receiver to be readily connected to or disconnected from the rollers. This connection is in the form of interen 'a'ging sleeves 22 and 22 carried d ones of the series of containers, these sleeves when aligned receiving a rev fio irom the containers and in the operation of the rollers the containers, will be fed around the rollers .so as to be forced through the water in the tub and thereby be subjected tothe agitating effect of the water to loosen the dirt and this latter action is greatly facilitated by the arrangement of my improved wringing device now to be described.- The wringer consists of a roller 23 forced into engagement with the clothes receiver by the action of the spring 24 that acts upon the head 25 that supports the roller 23. This head 25 is provided with ribs 25 slidably engaging slots 24 in the sidewalls 2 of frame 2 thereby substantially holding the head in its movement. The ends of head 25 extend through roller frames 25 which carry roller 23 so that by adjusting screw 28 the pressure exerted on roller23 may he v'a-' ried as desired and as conditions may reqiiire. in other words the spring 2% actsin a manner to force the roller 23 towards the roller 6 thereby subjecting the clothes passing between the rollers ,to a squeezingaction. It willalsobe noted that the spring 24:.is arranged between the head and the cup rnember26. 'lhis cup member has a swivel connection 27 with a feed screw 28 mounted r in the frame, thereby enabling the operator to vary the tension of the spring and therei by the pressure of the roller upon the clothes. 'lhe-lroning device consists of a specially .constructed'iron 29 that has a foot portion 30 and provided with a flange 31'engaged by .the bracket 32 projecting from the head.

It is, of course to he understood that this iron may be heated in Various manners but for the purpose of illustration 1 have illustrated, in a diagrammatic manner, electric wires 33 passing to the iron so as to be utilized; the clothes receiver is'rernoved and" the a ron 34 is substitutedupon the rollers and t is apron is provided with a strip 35 so that the edge ot the piece to beiroried eonora v may be arranged thereunder to facilitate the passage thereof under the foot 30. The iron is yieldably forced towards the apron by the spring 36 thereby accomplishing the best results possible.

To complete the invention I provide a safety device; 37 consisting of a pivoted lever 38 and a link 39 connecting the lever to the head 25=so that'by depressing the lever the head and its associated parts may be quickly raised.

From the'foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be apparent that I provide a combined machine that will elii'ciently wash, wring and iron clothes and whichwill accomplish these results in a mosteflicient manner.

it is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructed in various other manners and the parts associated in diflerent relations and, therefore, ll do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the'claims hereunto appended. Having thus describe my invention wh I claim is:

T l, A washing machine comprising a plurality of sack-like containers termed of netting; means for connecting the top or open end of one container to the bottom otthe container next thereto to form a continuous belt-like construction, and means for movy ing said containers through a detergent solution. r y

2. A washing machine corn rising a pinrality of rollers, means for riving one ot said rollers, a closed receiver comprising a series of individual sack-like containers formed from netting and having an open end and a closed end, means for connecting the open end of one container to the closed end of the other container to form a continuo si structure movable over said rollers, an means for establishing driving connec: tion between the closed receiver and the driving roller.

In testimony whereof I afii x my signature.

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